Jeom-rye works as a sharecropper to make a living for her good-for-nothing husband and her son Yong. But the village men are always trying to seduce her. When she rebuffs her landlord's advances, she is wrongly accused by his wife and is forced to leave. Sam-su, the servant who is smitten with her, offers to lend her husband, Deok-hi, money for her affections. Deok-hi tries to sell her off to Sam-su but Jeom-rye gets him arrested for trafficking humans. Sam-su realizes Jeom-rye's sincerity and drops the charges and Deok-hi repents his ways only too late. He dies of an illness. When her son Yong dies from indigestion after eating rice cakes, she goes off the edge.
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Seonu Il-Ran
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Kim Su-hyeong Director · Yoo Ji-hoeng Screenplay Eo Yun-Cheong Screenplay
First release September 1, 1988 · Produced in South Korea · Original title 떡
Production
Hwa Seong Films Co., Ltd
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South Korea
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Original title
떡
Original language
Korean
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Korean
Release dates
South Korea · September 1, 1988
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No release date listed for United States.
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